Althouse: "‘New York University' Is Added to China’s List of Banned Internet Search Terms."

May 11, 2012

"‘New York University' Is Added to China’s List of Banned Internet Search Terms."

"Last week, NYU’s law school offered the blind civil-rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng a visiting-scholar position.... Other terms banned... include Mr. Chen’s name, and more than a dozen nicknames for him such as 'sunglasses brother'...."

9 comments:

Matt Sablan said...: Ah, if only we could be China for a day, am I right Friedman?; 5/11/12, 2:57 PM
edutcher said...: Good point by Matthew.

If Zero had the power of the Red Chinese Pres, all the non-trolls on Althouse would be inhabiting Dachau-on-the-Cuyahoga.; 5/11/12, 2:59 PM
The Drill SGT said...: So much for the fiction that he is "studying abroad and will be returning"...; 5/11/12, 3:09 PM
Rob said...: Speaking of N.Y.U., let's enjoy this lovely bit of dialogue from Woody Allen's "Sleeper":

LUNA: I'M GREAT PHYSICALLY. I GOT A PHD IN ORAL SEX.

MILES: DID THEY MAKE YOU TAKE ANY SPANISH WITH THAT ?

* * *

LUNA: I MINORED IN FOREPLAY. IT'S A TWO-CREDIT COURSE AT N.Y.U.; 5/11/12, 3:19 PM
Menahem Globus said...: I wonder if 'The Roy Orbison of the East' has been blocked.; 5/11/12, 3:19 PM
ndspinelli said...: "Fuck him" says the WH. "He's just a crusader against forced sterilization. It's not like he's crusading for Global Warming or something important."

Ain't that right all you progressives!; 5/11/12, 3:27 PM
Carnifex said...: Ask Elian Gonzales how democrats stand up to a marxist dictator, or a foreign tyrant.; 5/11/12, 8:31 PM
SukieTawdry said...: I'm going to China in the fall. It will be interesting to go on the Internet and see what I can't do.; 5/11/12, 8:52 PM
Michelle Dulak Thomson said...: Carnifex, there's no telling what a grown-up Elian Gonzales will think after growing up in Cuba. Maybe he'll hate Communism; maybe he'll love Big Brother.

The one thing certain is that he won't be free. Whether his mind is free or not, his body won't be. The Cuban government still operates the equivalent of the Berlin Wall. Try to leave, and you can be shot on sight.; 5/11/12, 9:04 PM